Wow, there are so many ideas for preschool activities with yarn! It was hard to narrow it down, but here's what we did for this lesson!
You can download the printables that I used for this lesson here! The alphabet printable is available for purchase on my Etsy shop by clicking here.
Letter Y Recognition
We really like starting with these worksheets for each lesson. There's one for each letter of the alphabet, and I linked them here.
Y is for Yarn
This was a fun craft that worked on cutting and gluing skills while talking about the letter Y.
Alphabet Hunt - Letter Recognition
I grabbed a couple packs of these wooden letters at The Dollar Tree, and they're so handy for preschool activities! I criss-crossed yarn, taping it to the window and the chairs, and attached the letters with clothespins. Aaron's job was to grab a letter (practicing his fine-motor skills to pinch the clothespins) and then match the letter to the alphabet print. I was trying out matching the uppercase letters to the lowercase letters, but I learned that he needs to just focus on the uppercase letters for now since he technically starts preschool in the fall. He'll start working on lowercase letters maybe next year and definitely the following year.
Yarn Shapes on Contact Paper
Next up, we made shapes using yarn! It sticks really well to contact paper and creates lots of conversations about how many sides a shape has and whether it had straight or rounded edges. I taped the shape printouts on the wall before putting up the contact paper. You can use this shape printable too by clicking here. I also included two pages of numbers (1-10) to trace with yarn if you want a second activity!
Yarn Hair Cutting - Scissor Practice
Grab a piece of cardboard, draw on a face with sharpie, and hot glue some yarn hair for this hilarious, little activity! Aaron just giggled the whole time while giving his character a haircut. We also talked about scissor safety and how he should always see his thumb nail facing him while he cuts.
Yarn Painting
I made a quick pom pom out of yarn by wrapping yarn around three fingers, taking it off of my fingers and tying the middle with a string, and then cutting the looped ends. I hot glued the pom pom onto a dowel stick, and we had a whole new way to paint! It made some really cool circular shapes because you can press the pom pom onto the page and spin the brush. Here's how his painting turned out:
I hope you can enjoy doing some of these activities with your own little ones!
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